Job 27:1
And Job continued taking up his parable, and said,
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
In Context
2As God liveth, who hath removed justice from me; and by the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul:
Cross References
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Thus saith Bil'am the son of Beor, and thus saith the man whose eyes are open;
Job 29:1And Job continued to take up his parable, and said,
Psalms 78:2I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;
Matthew Henry on Job 27:1
Job had sometimes complained of his friends that they were so eager in disputing that they would scarcely let him put in a word: "Suffer me that I may speak;" and, "O that you would hold your peace!" But now, it seems, they were out of breath, and left him room to say what he would. Either they were themselves convinced that Job was in the right or they despaired of convincing him that he was in the wrong; and therefore they threw away their weapons and gave up the cause. Job was too hard for them, and forced them… Read the whole commentary →